Patents by Inventor Naoki Tanaka

Naoki Tanaka has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20240383414
    Abstract: A wire harness for routing in a vehicle in which an exhaust pipe through which exhaust gas flows is attached under a floor, the wire harness including: a first wire to be routed alongside the exhaust pipe; and a second wire to be routed on an opposite side of the first wire to the exhaust pipe, wherein the first wire has: a conductor and an insulation coating covering an outer periphery of the conductor, and a metal tube housing the conductor and the insulation coating.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2024
    Publication date: November 21, 2024
    Applicant: Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuji TANAKA, Naoki SETO
  • Patent number: 12149064
    Abstract: A feeding system that feeds power to a load includes only a single device configured to have neutral point high-resistance between a feeding line and the earth. The device functions as a ground fault overvoltage detection type of ground fault detector. The feeding system further comprises a control device. When the ground fault overvoltage detection type of ground fault detector detects a ground fault, the ground fault overvoltage detection type of ground fault detector transmits, to the control device via a signal line, a signal indicating that the ground fault has occurred. The control device instructs a breaker corresponding to the specific distributed unit in which it is determined that the ground fault has occurred to perform breaking.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation
    Inventors: Naoki Hanaoka, Hidetoshi Takada, Toshimitsu Tanaka, Masaki Kozai
  • Patent number: 12141122
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus comprises a data base configured to store, for a predetermined vehicle, a history of coating operation which is operation related to coating using a coating film containing an easily removable layer; and a controller configured to: acquire operation data representing details on the coating operation that is performed on the vehicle, and update the data base based on the operation data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yukinori Il, Kenji Yamaguchi, Junya Ogawa, Yuki Naganuma, Junya Yamamoto, Yuta Tone, Naoki Ishizuka, Tadayuki Tanaka, Keisuke Ito, Yuka Yokoi, Takashi Hayashi, Naoya Oka, Yu Hamada
  • Patent number: 12141368
    Abstract: An electronic device of the present disclosure includes a body unit, and a keyboard unit disposed on the body unit. The keyboard unit includes a keyboard, a housing that has a frame shape and houses the keyboard, and a plurality of retainers connected to the housing to retain the keyboard. A plurality of retainers are formed of a material having a specific rigidity higher than that of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Naoki Hoshika, Tetsuya Adachi, Tatsuo Kuromoto, Riho Fukagawa, Keita Endo, Shintarou Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20240368412
    Abstract: A coating for protecting a ceramic-matrix composite against a high-temperature environment including dust is provided with a top layer of a substance represented by a formula a(ReO1.5)b(AlO1.5)c(TrO2) as an average composition at least on a face exposed to the environment, wherein a, b and c satisfy 1>a?0.5, b>0 and c=1?(a+b), Re is one or more selected from rare earth elements, and Tr is Hf or Zr.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2024
    Publication date: November 7, 2024
    Applicant: IHI Corporation
    Inventors: Naoki YAMAZAKI, Shingo KANAZAWA, Yuta TANAKA, Nagisa HOSOYA, Takeshi NAKAMURA, Satoshi KITAOKA, Makoto TANAKA, Naoki KAWASHIMA, Taishi ITO
  • Patent number: 12134799
    Abstract: A charged material containing a metal raw material of at least one of ferrochromium containing metal Si or ferrosilicon and unreduced slag containing Cr oxide generated by oxidation refining is charged into an AC electric furnace including three electrodes, a mass ratio of a metal Si amount to a Cr oxide amount being from 0.30 to 0.40, and a C concentration being from 2.0% by mass to a saturation concentration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2024
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Norifumi Asahara, Katsuhiko Kato, Mikio Futaka, Yasuhiro Tanaka, Naoki Kaneko, Junichi Nakagawa
  • Patent number: 12136048
    Abstract: A controller is provided which is configured to perform receiving, from a terminal of a user, a request for moving a component included in a first vehicle to a second vehicle, and generating, upon receipt of the request from the terminal of the user, information for reserving a predetermined facility in which the component is moved from the first vehicle to the second vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yuta Tone, Yukinori Ii, Tadayuki Tanaka, Naoki Ishizuka, Yuichiro Yano, Nariaki Amano, Yusuke Maeda, Kei Yazaki, Yu Hamada
  • Publication number: 20240364067
    Abstract: A connector manufacturing apparatus for manufacturing a connector that includes a busbar and a housing, wherein the connector manufacturing apparatus comprises a press-fit jig, the busbar includes a pair of connected bodies and a pair of coupling portion that couple the pair of connected bodies, the pair of coupling portions is provided at both end portions of the pair of connected bodies, each of the pair of coupling portions includes a pair of extended portions each extending on a same plane as the base portion of a corresponding one of the pair of connected bodies and a continuous portion that is continuous to both of the pair of extended portions and provided between the extended portions, the continuous portion is configured to be bent at a boundary portion with each of the extended portions, the press-fit jig is provided in a plate shape enterable between the extended portions constituting the pair, the press-fit jig includes a first surface, a second surface, and a third surface, and when the press-fit
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2024
    Publication date: October 31, 2024
    Applicant: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Naoki KOBAYASHI, Masaki TANAKA, Jun ISHIKAWA
  • Publication number: 20240364066
    Abstract: A connector manufacturing apparatus for manufacturing a connector that includes a connected body including tab terminals and a housing including a housing body in a tubular shape containing the connected body and terminal-containing portions provided in the housing body to contain the respective tab terminals, wherein the connector manufacturing apparatus comprises a press-fit jig, wherein the tab terminals include first tab terminals that include latch protrusions capable of biting into inner surfaces of the terminal-containing portions to latch to the terminal-containing portions and second tab terminals that do not include the latch protrusions, the connected body is provided with a jig contact surface on an end face on an opposite side from the first tab terminals, the jig contact surface being formed for the press-fit jig to come into contact therewith.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2024
    Publication date: October 31, 2024
    Inventors: Naoki KOBAYASHI, Masaki Tanaka, Jun Ishikawa
  • Patent number: 12130315
    Abstract: There are included: generation means for generating predetermined information represented by a bit string; and control means for controlling a phase difference between current and voltage of AC power at predetermined time intervals so that each bit value included in the bit string is represented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation
    Inventors: Hidetoshi Takada, Toshimitsu Tanaka, Toshihiro Hayashi, Naoki Hanaoka
  • Patent number: 12125635
    Abstract: A part of a second split-flow pipe is branched into at least a first branch pipe and a second branch pipe. A second spring check valve is disposed in the first branch pipe to open when a pressure difference between an upstream side and a downstream side of the second spring check valve in the first branch pipe becomes more than or equal to a second set pressure higher than a first set pressure. A third spring check valve is disposed in the second branch pipe to open when a pressure difference between an upstream side and a downstream side of the third spring check valve in the second branch pipe becomes more than or equal to a third set pressure higher than the first set pressure. The second branch pipe is different from the first branch pipe in terms of at least one of diameter, length, and inner volume.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Naoki Iwamoto, Tomonori Tanaka, Tatsuya Inoue
  • Publication number: 20240342705
    Abstract: An assay device allows reducing manufacturing variation, maintaining the measurement accuracy of the assay device at a high level, and enhancing the liquid control performance. The assay device of the present invention includes a microfluidic channel 2 allowing liquid to flow, an absorbing porous medium 3 disposed at a distance from one end 2a of the microfluidic channel 2, a separating space 4 disposed between the microfluidic channel 2 and the absorbing porous medium 3, and a housing space 5 housing the absorbing porous medium 3. The assay device further includes a lower member 20 which is an integrally molded article constituting a part of the assay device. The lower member 20 defines a lower portion 2b of the microfluidic channel 2, a lower portion 4a of the separating space 4, and a lower portion 5a of the housing space 5. The lower portions 4a, 5a of the separating space 4 and the housing space 5 are inclined downward toward one side from the other side in a flow direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2021
    Publication date: October 17, 2024
    Inventors: Yusuke FUCHIWAKI, Masato TANAKA, Shohei YAMAMURA, Naoki MORISHITA, Seiichiro MATSUZAKI
  • Publication number: 20240333089
    Abstract: A rotating shaft is equipped with an outer shaft, and an inner shaft that is inserted into a hollow interior of the outer shaft. A first end part of the inner shaft includes an extending portion that is exposed and extends from the outer shaft. The extending portion is positioned and fixed to the outer shaft by a positioning and fixing member. The positioning and fixing member includes a nut member that is screw-engaged with an outer circumferential surface of the extending portion, a locking sleeve surrounding the nut member, and a locking ring that engages with the nut member and the extending portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2024
    Publication date: October 3, 2024
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Tanaka, Naoki Ito, Tatsuya Choji
  • Patent number: 12104009
    Abstract: (1) An epoxy resin, which is configured to form, in a cured product of the epoxy resin, a phase-separated structure that is formed from at least two phases, wherein at least one phase of the at least two phases includes a liquid crystal structure and (2) An epoxy resin, which is configured to form a phase-separated structure in a cured product, the cured product being obtained by curing the epoxy resin by increasing a temperature of the epoxy resin from an ambient temperature to a curing temperature at a rate of not greater than 20° C./minute.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: RESONAC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazumasa Fukuda, Yoshitaka Takezawa, Tomoko Higashiuchi, Naoki Maruyama, Shingo Tanaka
  • Patent number: 12106871
    Abstract: A wire harness for routing in a vehicle in which a pipe through which a liquid flows is attached under a floor, the wire harness including: a first wire to be routed alongside the pipe; and a second wire to be routed in between the first wire and the pipe, and fixed to both the first wire and the pipe, wherein the second wire has: a first section extending along the first wire; and a second section extending along the pipe at a position spaced further from the first wire than is the first section in a direction in which the pipe and the first wire are arranged alongside each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Yuji Tanaka, Naoki Seto
  • Publication number: 20240316955
    Abstract: An ink jet recording apparatus includes first and second belts stretched by a plurality of rollers, including first, second and third rollers, and forming a nip, a heater disposed inside the first belt. The first roller is disposed upstreammost among the plurality of rollers in a conveyance direction, the second roller is disposed downstream of an irradiation area of the first belt heated by the heater and the third roller is disposed between from the second roller to the first roller in a rotational direction of the first belt. A first temperature sensor detects a temperature of the irradiation area in an inner circumferential surface. A second temperature sensor detects a temperature of the first belt between from the second roller to the third roller in the rotational direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2024
    Publication date: September 26, 2024
    Inventors: TAKEHIRO ITO, YOSUKE OBAYASHI, KAZUMI SATO, MASANOBU TANAKA, NAOKI AKIYAMA, SHINSUKE TAKAHASHI, MASAYUKI TAMAKI
  • Publication number: 20240322824
    Abstract: A detection method includes: obtaining periodically and repeatedly sensor values output from a capacitive sensor; determining whether the sensor values obtained exceed threshold Th1; calculating, as first difference value ?1X of each of target sensor values CX, a difference between target sensor value CX and sensor value CX+1 immediately before the target sensor value; calculating, as second difference value ?2X of each of target sensor values CX, a difference between (i) first difference value ?1X of target sensor value CX and (ii) first difference value ?1X+1 of sensor value CX+1 immediately before target sensor value CX; comparing each of second difference values ?2X calculated and threshold Th2, and selecting one sensor value CRet based on a result of the comparing; and outputting the one sensor value CRet selected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2022
    Publication date: September 26, 2024
    Inventors: Ryo NAKAE, Takehiko NARA, Naoki TANAKA
  • Publication number: 20240319810
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a touch detection device includes first detection electrodes in a detection area, second detection electrodes in the detection area, extending to intersect the first detection electrodes, first control lines connected to the first detection electrodes, respectively, and provided in a non-detection area, and second control lines connected to the second detection electrodes, respectively, and provided in the non-detection area. The second control lines overlap the first control lines at a plurality of positions as seen in plan view, such that areas of overlapping portions in which the first control lines overlap the second control lines are substantially equalized.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2024
    Publication date: September 26, 2024
    Inventors: Chihiro TANAKA, Naoki TAKADA, Toshihiko TANAKA, Hayato KURASAWA, Koji ISHIZAKI, Tatsuya WAKIMOTO, Masaki MIYATAKE
  • Patent number: 12099207
    Abstract: A virtual image display device includes: an image display element that displays an image to be displayed as a virtual image; a propagation optical system that propagates light from the image display element; and a light guide member that guides the light propagated by the propagation optical system. The light guide member includes: a light beam incident part that introduces light including image information from the propagation optical system into the light guide member; an image extractor that extracts the light including image information from an inside of the light guide member; and an image emitter that emits the light including image information to an outside of the light guide member. The propagation optical system includes one or more optical members each having a curved surface shape that is non-rotationally symmetric with respect to an optical axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Naoki Nakamura, Shiori Ohsugi, Shigenobu Hirano, Yasuo Katano, Kenji Kameyama, Norikazu Igarashi, Aino Hasegawa, Satomi Tanaka, Masahiro Itoh, Yoshifumi Sudoh, Susumu Momma, Shun Okazaki
  • Patent number: 12089751
    Abstract: A first aspect of the present disclosure provides a chair. This chair is provided with a seat portion in which a deformation mode of at least a portion of a seating surface of the seat portion is isolated in such that a target curved surface including a double-curved surface of a prescribed type, relative to a prescribed position, is formed irrespective of the position of the buttocks of a user when the user is seated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: NATURE ARCHITECTS INC.
    Inventors: Taisuke Ohshima, Ryu Yamamoto, Koki Sato, Keisuke Tanaka, Naoki Uehara